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enIBM Says Watson Can Help Declutter Your In-Boxhttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/534851/ibm-says-watson-can-help-declutter-your-in-box/
<p>IBM’s new messaging software uses algorithms to learn how to organize your e-mail better.</p><p>Over 100 billion work e-mails <a href="http://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Email-Statistics-Report-2013-2017-Executive-Summary.pdf" target="0">are exchanged each day</a>, but research suggests that only around <a href="http://info.mimecast.com/rs/mimecast/images/ShapeofEmailReport-IT.pdf" target="0">a quarter</a> of those are actually essential. IBM hopes to lighten that load. Later this month the company will open up a trial of a new online e-mail service called Verse, which uses algorithms to work out which messages and people are most important to you.</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:11:00 +0000juniper.friedman534851 at http://www.technologyreview.com3-D Transistors Made with Molecular Self-Assemblyhttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/534381/3-d-transistors-made-with-molecular-self-assembly/
<p>Researchers at IBM have made the first 3-D transistors using a promising new manufacturing approach.</p><p>A new way of building computer chips is taking shape that involves synthesizing molecules so that they automatically assemble into complex structures—which then serve as templates for etching nanoscale circuitry into silicon. The approach could let the computer industry continue to shrink electronics beyond the resolution of existing manufacturing machinery. IBM researchers have been the first to make speedy 3-D transistors using this new method.</p>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000juniper.friedman534381 at http://www.technologyreview.comNew Form of Memory Could Advance Brain-Inspired Computershttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/533526/new-form-of-memory-could-advance-brain-inspired-computers/
<p>A new kind of computer memory could help make more capable computer chips that function more like biological brains, say IBM researchers.</p><p>A new form of computer memory might help machines match the capabilities of the human brain when it comes to tasks such as interpreting images or video footage.</p>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:00:00 +0000juniper.friedman533526 at http://www.technologyreview.comCitizen Technologistshttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/532521/citizen-technologists/
<p>Amsterdam wants its next data projects to be driven by citizens.</p><p>Amsterdam is well known for its many smart city projects involving intelligent grids and electric vehicles. But now there is a push to put more of the onus for change on the residents themselves. One of the newest projects is called Citizen Data Lab; the idea is that Amsterdam residents will collect data to measure air quality, traffic, or trash on the street. The lab’s goal is to help “shift from smart cities to smart citizens,” explains Sabine ­Niederer, director of CREATE-IT, a research department at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences that will house the new lab.</p>Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:00:02 +0000juniper.friedman532521 at http://www.technologyreview.comWeathering the Stormhttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/532486/weathering-the-storm/
<p>Coupled computer models will help officials know what to do as intense storms approach.</p><p>For four days in the summer of 2011, the National Weather Service predicted that a huge hurricane called Irene was headed for New York City. Some media reports discussed the possibility of an unprecedented storm surge that could cause massive flooding in Manhattan and major power outages. Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for the first-ever evacuation of parts of New York City. He ordered 370,000 New Yorkers to leave their homes and launched a massive and costly relocation program for patients and residents in hospitals and nursing homes.</p>Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:00:02 +0000juniper.friedman532486 at http://www.technologyreview.comBooming Lagos, Smart City http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532481/booming-lagos-smart-city/
<p>An African mega-city bets on technology and its native entrepreneurs to meet the many challenges of its population boom. </p><p>For Lagos, Nigeria, Africa’s biggest city, any push to become a smart city will have to adapt to constant—and often unplanned—growth.</p>Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:00:02 +0000juniper.friedman532481 at http://www.technologyreview.comDoes Watson Know the Answer to IBM’s Woes? http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532161/does-watson-know-the-answer-to-ibms-woes/
<p>IBM is betting that research on more human-like artificial intelligence will help it turn things around.</p><p>As cheap cloud computing services erode IBM’s traditional hardware business with alarming speed, the company finds itself facing an uncertain future. If only there were some clever machine it could turn to for advice.</p>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:04:00 +0000juniper.friedman532161 at http://www.technologyreview.comMaterials Trick Might Help Move Computers Beyond Siliconhttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/532061/materials-trick-might-help-move-computers-beyond-silicon/
<p>Ferroelectric materials could take computing beyond digital logic.</p><p>After decades of repeated reinvention, the silicon transistor is starting to show its age, and the industry is hunting for alternatives. One option involves a new way of manipulating the properties of a material that the computer industry already uses. If it works, it would lead to computer processors that are not only more energy-efficient but also capable of both computation and memory storage at once.</p>Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:00:00 +0000Kyanna.Sutton532061 at http://www.technologyreview.comEmTech: IBM Tries to Make Watson Smarterhttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/531086/emtech-ibm-tries-to-make-watson-smarter/
<p>IBM executive says Watson could find success with commercial apps in wealth management, call centers, and medicine.</p><p>Three years after its artificial-intelligence engine Watson made its high-profile win on <em>Jeopardy!</em>, IBM is adapting the technology as it seeks practical commercial uses, an IBM executive explained yesterday at EmTech, a conference organized by <em>MIT Technology Review</em>.</p>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:10:00 +0000juniper.friedman531086 at http://www.technologyreview.comIBM Chip Processes Data Similar to the Way Your Brain Doeshttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/529691/ibm-chip-processes-data-similar-to-the-way-your-brain-does/
<p>A chip that uses a million digital neurons and 256 million synapses may signal the beginning of a new era of more intelligent computers.</p><p>A new kind of computer chip, unveiled by IBM today, takes design cues from the wrinkled outer layer of the human brain. Though it is no match for a conventional microprocessor at crunching numbers, the chip consumes significantly less power, and is vastly better suited to processing images, sound, and other sensory data.</p>Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:53:00 +0000juniper.friedman529691 at http://www.technologyreview.com